Theo has a belief that all-star hitters come from the top rounds, where all-star pitchers develop more from later rounds...... its pretty proven and I think its a decent philosphy. Hard to not like the Bryant pick, of everyone, he has the best chance to be something special in the draft.

I'm certainly not going to ridicule the pick, but I too find it somewhat odd that they passed on an elite arm when their system is devoid of SP talent. Bryant is the best power hitter in the draft so don't get me wrong, but there's a lot of questions of whether he'll make a lot of contact because of all the holes in his swing. He mashed weak competition, but I don't think he can hit a plus fastball with his current swing. I don't think he has the best chance to be something special. Fairly high floor, but his ceiling isn't as high as a lot of others.

It makes sense for a team like the Cubs to go BPA (if you believe that Bryant was the best player). The Cubs will likely plug him in at left or right field from day 1. The problem with using some of those premium picks on pitchers is their likelihood for injury. I think Theo is going to try and trade for pitching with a lot of his bats. He must not have a lot of confidence in their ability to develop pitchers.

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I saw Stanek pitch in the CWS the other day, he threw very well despite not having close to his best stuff, he should be an absolute no brainer right here. Fingers crossed.

He is a great Cooper project guy too. Kids tools totally misused by Arkansas. Great Curve and Developing Slider, and they call the slider a ton... Let Cooper get him, work that cutter in with the hard heavy fastball, kid will succeed.